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Poor Honey Crop— iaoIden-Rod. 



The past season was rather discouraging 

 for a beginner in this locality. I started in 

 the spring with 13 good colonies, increased 

 them to 26, and took only 300 pounds of 

 comb honey. The basswood on the low 

 land was all killed by frost. The golden- 

 rod has never produced one pound of 

 honey for me, as it grows all around my 

 house, and myself, wife and two boys have 

 watched it for two seasons, and never saw 

 a bee on one bloom yet. Our main hone}'- 

 plants here are, sweet clover, wild cucum- 

 ber, heart's-ease and buckwheat. The 

 AMERirAN' Bee Joukxal is a very valuable 

 paper for the bee-keeper, and I will never 

 be without it while I keep bees. 



John Goff. 



Deloit, Iowa, Jan. 30, 1890. 



Bees Afllicted -«vitli Miarrbea. 



My bees are in the cellar, and have the 

 diarrhea badly, some hives being spotted 

 as badly as any I ever saw. The tempera- 

 ture has not been below 45 degrees, and 

 has been kept below 45 and 52 degrees, so 

 it surely must be bad food. There was 

 considerable honey-dew here last year. If 

 the spring is late and unfavorable, the loss 

 may be frightful. B. H. Standisii. 



Evansville, Wis., Jan. 30, 1890. 



(jlathering- Pollen all Winter. 



I have 8 colonies of bees in the cellar, and 

 8 on the summer stands ; they have been 

 flying every two or three days, all winter. 

 Yesterday they were bringing in poUeu 

 from the red maples, and they have been 

 getting it since Christmas, which means 

 brood, if I know anything about bees; and 

 brood at this time of the year, with a two 

 weeks' shut up, means diarrhea and death, 

 I believe. That is the way this winter is 

 going to serve us. Tiios. Thcrlow. 



Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 28, 1890. 



Oettin^ Honey I'roni <]ioIden-Ro«l 



Mr. Ira Reeves seems to entertain no 

 very high opinion of his brother bee-keep- 

 ers' powers of observation, as he saj's on 

 page 58, that he does not believe there 

 "ever was an ounce of honey gathered 

 from golden-rod." He may be correct, as 

 regards his own locality, but that does not 

 prove that every one else is mistaken, as 

 he seems to think. I might with equal 

 propriety say that because I have never 

 seen the Mississippi river, I do not be- 

 lieve there is any such river in existence. 



WUmington, Vt. E. C. Boyd. 



The First Year's Results. 



I began bee-keeping last spring with one 

 colony, which I bought for §4.00. They 

 were an extra-strong colony of hybrids. I 

 Increased bj' dividing, early in May, about 

 a week before a cold snap of about two 

 weeks came on ; I thought then that I had 

 made a mistake in dividing them so early, 

 but both colonies had good queens, and the 

 hives were filled with bees by the time 

 clover began to blossom. As soon as the 

 honey began to come in, I put on supers, 

 and kept the bees busy by having plenty of 

 sections for them to fill, although I did not 

 give them too many at once. The new col- 

 ony afterward cast a swarm, making 3 col- 

 onies, which, altogether, stored 300 pounds 

 of as nice comb honey (mostly in one-pound 

 sections) as ever was put up by the bees. 

 My bees were very good honey-gatherers, 

 and built very straight combs, but they 

 were the crossest bees I ever saw so I con- 



cluded to Italianize them, and in August I 

 obtained three fine Italian queens, which I 

 successfully introduced, and now I have 3 

 colonies of handsome Italian bees. I left 

 them on the summer stands, and they are 

 wintering finely. I left about 80 pounds of 

 sealed honey in each hive, which will more 

 than carry them through the winter. I use 

 the standard Langstroth hive, and I think 

 that it is the hive. I like the Bee Jouun.\l, 

 and feel well acquainted with its corres- 

 pondents, although I have never met many 

 of them. RoBT. Walsthom. 



Lake City, Minn., Feb. 3, 1890. 



Everytliins: liOTely in Xexas. 



My 80 colonies of bees are in fine condi- 

 tion. Young bees are hatching by the 

 thousands. "We have had the mildest win- 

 ter I ever saw — in fact, December and Jan- 

 uary have been more like March and April. 

 Wild peach, elm, and fruit-trees are in full 

 bloom. Farmers are preparing to plant 

 corn ; birds are singing as though it was 

 really April ; and bees are now tumbling 

 into the hives, loaded with both honey and 

 pollen, as though the fate of nations rested 

 upon their speed. Drones are flying from 

 some colonies. Surel}', the Gulf Stream 

 has changed its course, or we may have 

 winter yet. Horse-mint — our main honey- 

 plant— never looked finer, and there is 

 plenty of it. Grass looks as green as a 

 wheat-field, cattle are fat and sleek, and 

 men are going in their shirt sleeves. 



W. S. Douglass. 



Lexington, Tex., Jan. 25, 1890. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



DENVER, Jan. 27.— 1-lb. sections, 13®15c. ; 

 Extracted, 7@8c. Beeswax, 20@'25c. Market 

 well supplied. Demand moderate. 



J. M. CLARK COM. CO., 1421 Fifteenth St. 



KANSAS CITY, Jan. 2.">.— Market continues 

 very dull. Demand very light. Weather is en- 

 tirely too warm. We quote white 1-lb. comb, 

 13e.; fall, 1-lbs., 10@llc.; white, 2-Ibs., 11® 

 12c.; fall, 2-lbs., 10c. Extracted, white, 7® 

 7i4c.; amber, 5@6c. Beeswax, 22c. 

 CLEMONS, CLOON & CO., 



Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. 



CHICAGO, Jan. 22.— We quote: White clo- 

 ver 1-lbs., ll'/2@12'/je.: 2-lbs., 10@lle. Bass- 

 wood 1-lbs., 10H@llc. Buckwheat 1-lbs., 8® 

 9c. Extracted, 6 J4@7;.4c. Beeswax — bright, 

 25®26c. ; dark, 23®24c. 



S. T. FISH & CO.. 189 S. Water St. 



KANSAS CITY, Jan. 21.— Demand light and 

 prices lower. Very fancy 1-lbs., 12 in a crate, 

 13c.; B-ood white 1-lbs., 12ai2Hc.: dark 1-lbs. 

 and 2-lbs.. 8@10c.; white 3-lbs., ll@12c. Ex- 

 tracted, white. 6@7c. : dark. 5@6c. 



HAMBLIN & BEARSS. 514 Walnut St. 



CHICAGO, Jan. 8.— Sales are light, at 12® 

 13c. for white 1-lbs. ; dark, 8@10c. Extracted 

 dull at 6®7c. for dark, 7@8c. for fancy white. 

 Beeswax, prime, 25c. 



R. A. BDRNETT, 161 S. Water St. 



DETROIT, Jan. 24.— Comb honey is quoted 

 at 12®14c. Sales slow. Extracted. 7®8c.— 

 BcGswftx 2"tc 



M. H. HDNT, Bell Branch, Mich. 



BOSTON, Jan. 9.— Best 1 lbs.. 16c; best 2 

 lbs., 15e. Extracted, 7®9c. Beeswax, 23c. 

 Trade Is dull. 



BLAKE & RIPLEY. 57 Chatham St. 



CINCINNATI. Jan. 8.— The very mild winter 

 apparently has a depressing effect on the 

 honey market, more especially on comb honey 

 Best white is offered at 14®16c.. but conces- 

 sions have to be made to etfect sales. There ii 

 a fair demand for extracted at 5®8c. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 20®22c. for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. MUTH & SON, 

 Corner Freeman & Central Aves. 



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